Short And Long Term Effects Of AIDS

I've been living with HIV (and w/o OI's) for 25 yrs. I've been told there's recent longitudinal research findings on the long-term effects of being seropositive. Are you familiar with this or any research about same?Thanks.

...survey of nearly 2,000 people with HIV/AIDS in Britain revealed that 69 percent did not feel sufficiently informed about the long-term effects of their medications. Participants first feared the long-term toxic effects of the drugs, then noted... Read more »

... The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined research into the long-term effects of HIV on brain tissue (Brink, Los Angeles Times , 11/7). A study published in October in the Proceedings of the National Read more »

...The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Sunday examined the long-term effects of antiretroviral drug regimens. Although antiretroviral drugs can lengthen the life span of people living with HIV/AIDS, taking Read more »

I guess I am needing to know if there are any people out there who have really been in some sort of denial for years until first symptoms hit. I feel like a fool, but I've been positive since 84 and really have been in denial until getting so so... Read more »

...neurologist said that the HIV meds are among the most dangerous prescription drugs commonly taken and have demonstrated and serious long term effects. I am not saying we shouldn't take the meds, we have to or we die; but, I warn people that they... Read more »

...(Amyl-, Butyl-, and Isobutyl-Nitrite) should also now be upgraded and reclassified as a Class A drug because the illegal drugs long-term effects can be lethal to gay mens health. In the early 1980s poppers were documented to cause the development... Read more »

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